Look! They've reinvented the notepad!

Kent. Philip Larkin. Strictly Come Dancing.

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Gail is such a talented designer. If you love beautiful things and supporting small businesses, you should definitely take a look.

Hello! 👋 I’m Gail, a one woman design studio, based in #Manchester My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and stationery. Go on, have a nosy gailmyerscough.co.uk

The absence of trans people from the British media is part of the problem. I'd like to offer mentoring to trans people trying to get into journalism, free of charge. Most of my experience is obviously in political commentary, but I might be passably useful in news and other areas.

Oxford comma versus en dash: the final showdown.

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@maxrushden.bsky.social Tomorrow is the biggest game in Whitstable Town's history - the first leg of their FA Vase semi-final against Hartpury University (me neither). It would be great if Charlie could give us a Go Get It, or perhaps Barry and Justin could guess the attendance. xx

Perfection

Nothing to see here. Move along, please.

Indexers are the best.

Here are some gorgeous queer indie bookshops worth your time and money. Some have coffee. A few have cats. There are no cats in the coffee. go.bsky.app/G321HCf

Oh @stellacreasy.bsky.social , you did an amazing job keeping calm and putting the woefully uninformed Ali Miraj right about decriminalisation of abortion on @lbc.co.uk just now.

I can't decide whether this is a) amazing and I want it to happen to me or b) the most frightening thing ever.

For writers in SW England a talent development programme for writers serious about their work and ready to take it to the next level, apply for Write Space. Apply via www.literatureworks.org.uk Please share

A PhD student at CambridgeHPS has been putting “artwork signs” up all around our department next to “ordinary things” and they are brilliant. They unfailingly make me stop and smile and notice the wonderful strangeness of the world ✨ Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌

And also my wedding anniversary 🤔🔪

I got this beauty from Gail. She'll put anything you like on the paper ♥️

A good list, but I'd also include House of Leaves. One of the frightening books I've read.

I've been very quiet here, but here's a great thing that happened recently: Theatre Studies at the U. of Glasgow has launched a *free* online introduction to playwriting in partnership with Playwrights' Studio, Scotland! www.futurelearn.com/courses/an-i... Do pass on to anybody interested!

All of them true.

Preach.

I grew up in Cheshire very close to the salt mine but we just took it for granted, so it's fascinating to read this.

People of the Bluesky, things are a bit quiet on the work front. If you need a writer I’m available. I’ve worked for TV, radio, print, advertising - all the medias. If you need help with a corporate Christmas speech, I can add the Lolz mathew-owen.co.uk RT or whatever it is over here, please, cheers

New starter pack for members of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) to find each other. Bookmark the link as more people will be added to it later. go.bsky.app/9pp1tVx #StarterPack #CIEP #Edibuddies #AmEditing

I was about to get up but I feel like Susie is telling me to to stay in bed a bit longer.

My feed was noticeably light on dog content, so this has been very helpful.

A lot of these accounts were what kept me on the other place for so long so I'm fucking delighted to find them here and you should be too.

An extremely helpful starter pack here.

Who knew flappers were responsible for so much evil?

I've moved the hellsite off the front page of apps on my phone and replaced it with this place. Let's see how it goes. Any recommendations for follows gratefully received.